Programming for Thursday, July 11, 2019

Good Morning, Ungovernables. We start out the day the way we usually do, with non-stop rock, rhythm and blues, and then we move into our specific set lists and informational shows.

We operate from 6:00 a.m. EST until midnight. (Occasionally, the station will be taken down earlier for maintenance and update.)

Here is our planned programming for Thursday, July 11, 2019.

9:00 a.m. Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton Live From Madison Square Garden, February 2008

If ever two names defined “legendary,” these are the guys. Clapton has had an illustrious solo career, but started with Cream, the Yardbirds, Blind Faith, and Derek & The Dominoes. Winwood the same, having enjoyed time with the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith (with Clapton). This set is taken from their historic live performance at New York’s Madison Square Garden in February of 2008.

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3:00 p.m. Chris Hedges on the Wages of Rebellion

In 2015, Chris Hedges wrote a book called The Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt. Although written for years ago, his message resonates today. Not much has changed, and we’re the only ones who can effect change — from outside this system.

6:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Steely Dan

One of the finest bands to ever strap on a couple of guitars, Steely Dan offers a great library of innovative sound. Sit back and enjoy! Walter Becker and Donald Fagan are truly musical geniuses.

8:00 p.m. America’s Three Holy Wars with Howard Zinn

Our first broadcast featuring Howard Zinn. In this nearly hour-long talk, he discusses what he calls America’s three “holy wars.” These are the wars we are not allowed to criticize — The Revolutionary War, The Civil War, and World War II.

Programming for Wednesday, July 10

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Good Morning, Ungovernables! Here’s the planned programming for Wednesday, July 10 on #BecomeUngovernable Radio!

9:00 a.m. Music from The Harder They Come

A classic Jimmy Cliff venue here. Great reggae music, and not just from JC either. There’s also the Melodians, Desmond Dekker, and The Maytals.

2:00 p.m. Petty Theft: The Covers

The same characteristics that make Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers the greatest American rock n’roll band also made them one of music’s absolute best cover bands. This is a great playlist of the Heartbreakers covering Dylan, the Dead, Chuck Berry, George Harrison and Bo Diddly.

5:00 p.m. Chris Hedges Interviews Kristinn Hraffnsson of WikiLeaks

This is a rerun of an On Contact inerview between Hedges and the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, Kristinn Hraffnsson.

9:00 p.m. That Sweet Soul Sound: Various Artists

Sit back and enjoy Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, The Temptations and the Four Tops, to name just a few.

Note: There may be a large influx of downloadable content available tomorrow evening. If that is the case, we will be taking the servers down again early because the goal is to get that down and then uploaded to the site as quickly as possible.

Thanks for your continued patience.

Programming for Tuesday, July 9, 2019

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Good Morning. Here’s a quick rundown on our special programming for Tuesday, July 9. Songs included on playlists can be found on the Playlists page.

9:00 a.m. Selections From the Concert for George, Royal Albert Hall

On the one year anniversary of George Harrison’s untimely death, his musical friends got together in Royal Albert Hall in London. The result was amazing.

1:00 p.m. The British Are Coming!

From the Hollies, to The Beatles, to Dusty Springfield, our musical world changed radically in the sixties, and it all started with “the British invasion.” Take a musical trip back in time with us.

4:00 p.m. Dr. Paul Craig Roberts on The New Enslavement of the Working Class

Like Chris Hedges and George Galloway, we expect Dr. Roberts to be a fixture on this station. He is an important voice in our movement, and this is a great jumping off point.

8:00 p.m. Deb Della Piana speaks with Nick Grecoll

In an interview from April this year, Deb Della Piana speaks with Nick Grecoll and GM Schauer about exactly what it means to become ungovernable.

Please note that our server will be taken down at 10: 00 p.m. EST on Tuesday night for planned maintenance.

“Brunch With the Beatles” Gets a Re-do!

To answer everyone’s first question, YES. Brunch With the Beatles will indeed be back and, when it does come back, it’ll be better than the first time around. We’re considering that initial effort practice…mere child’s play.

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As for its projected return date? We’re not sure just yet, but we promise to give everyone a couple of weeks notice. Thanks for hanging in there with us through the growth pains.

Trust me. We’re just getting started.

New Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers!

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For lack of a better name, that’s what we’re offering here. Because, essentially, that’s what you’re getting. These gems have been unearthed by Petty’s family and band mates posthumously and appear on An American Treasure and the new career-spanning compilation, The Best of Everything. They were simply tapes of recorded songs that were, for whatever reason, deemed unworthy of inclusion on several albums. Also included is a version of the song “Stay” with Tom performing with Springsteen and friends at the No Nukes Concert. We’re the winners here!

Luna (Official Bootleg)
Lost in Your Eyes (Outtake 1974)
Keep A Little Soul (Outtake 1982)
Walkin’ From the Fire (Outtake 1984)
Gainesville (Outtake 1998)
Lonesome Dave (Outtake 1993)
Bus To Tampa Bay (Outtake 2011)
I Don’t Belong (Outtake 1998)
For Real (Outtake 2000)
The Best of Everything (Alternate Version)
Stay (Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, and Tom Petty, and the great Rosemary Butler from the No Nukes Concert 1979)
Keepin’ Me Alive (Alternate Version)
Rebels (Alternate Version)

First Live Album Ever!

Live in Hollywood-Ronstadt

Back in the day, Linda Ronstadt was a road warrior. During the 70s alone, I saw more than 30 “live” Linda Ronstadt performances from the storied Boston Garden (the shittiest acoustics on the planet but a great atmosphere) to the L.A. Forum for the Living in the U.S.A. tour. To this day, I never understood why an album of her live performances was never released. If you’re a music lover, you can always find stuff out there, but most is recorded by her fans.

I saw Ronstadt for the final time at the South Shore Music Circus where she played with Marvin Hamlisch’s band singing classic Nelson Riddle before she brought out her usual road warrior rockers to cap off the evening. It was brilliant. She retired in late 2009, knowing that something was wrong with her singing. She felt as though she was straining and screaming, not singing. Ronstadt was subsequently diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2012, and is no longer able to sing. That’s the crime of the century for me. As Joni Mitchell says, “don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got ’till it’s gone…”

This year brings a wealth of riches for Ronstadt fans. Not only is there a Tribecca Film Festival documentary about her called The Sound of My Voice, but her very first official “live” album — called Live in Hollywood — was released in February. All the performances were chosen by Ronstadt herself, and all were recorded in 1980. The band largely features the players on her Mad Love album — the NY musician set, not the traditional LA musician set — featuring Bob Glaub on bass and the frenetic Danny Korchmar on lead guitar. The term ‘frenetic’ is not meant to be insulting. His guitar work is legendary.

We will be featuring this gem over the weekend. Here is the set list: